Deck lid support



Aug. 26, 1941. G. N. HARDEN DECK LID SUPPORT Filed May 2, 1938 2 Sheets-Sheet l INVENTOR. ARDEN GEO/POE N /7 6m- I "'PTORNEYJ Aug. 26, 1941. e; N. HARDEN DECK LID SUPPORT s 2 R Y n m N @m A N E V .m E O W D w m 1 P A w A .m v H 2 iuiifitflMW V H u! V///////// $5M M P Filed May 2, 1938 Patented Aug. 26, 1941 George N. Harden, Marion,

Ternstedt Manufacturing Ohio, assignor to Company, Detroit,

Mich., a. corporation of Michigan Application May 2, 1938, Serial No. 205,449

2 Claims.

This invention relates to a deck lid support and more particularly to a deck lid support for the rear deck lid of an automotive vehicle.

It is the object of this invention to produce a strong and simple deck lid support provided with an automatic latching arrangement.

In the drawings:

Fig. l is a fragmentary side elevation of an automotive vehicle showing the deck lid support assembled to the deck and deck lid with the deck lid raised.

Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the deck lid support in the position the parts assume when the lid is lowered.

Fig. 3 is a partial section and elevation along the line 3-3 of Fig. 2.

Fig. 4 is a section along the line 4-4 of Fig. 3.

Fig. 5 is a detail of the latching pin.

Fig. 6 is a sectional view indicating the travel of the pin during the raising, supporting and lowering of the lid and lid support.

Fig. 7 is an inside elevation of one of the two stampings forming the outer lid support member.

Referring more particularly to the drawings there is shown an automobile having the deck lid l hinged as at 2 to the rear deck 3 of the vehicle. The lid is shown in raised position, Fig. 1, and supported by a lid support comprising an inner member 4 which has a telescopic sliding connection with an outer member 5. The member 4 is pivoted as at 6 to bracket 1 which is secured to the lid and the member 5 is pivotally connected as at 8 to a bracket 9 which is secured to the deck 3. The member 4 takes the form of a solid steel bar provided adjacent one end with the transverse slot H! which is arranged to receive the pin I and to guide the same during the operation of the lid support latch. The pin is provided with a bore l2 in which is mounted the plunger l3 and the coil spring I l. The member 4 is arranged to slide and telescope within the member 5.

The member 5 comprises a pair of matched, symmetrical stampings l5 and I6 of channel cross section. The stamping I5 is provided with a plurality oi lugs I1 which pass through openings l8 in the stamping I6 and are turned over to secure the two stampings together.

The lid support is provided with automatic latching and unlatching mechanism which includes the pin II and slot ID in the member 4 above described. Since the pin II in performing its automatic latching and unlatching function must be actuated and guided, to this end it is proposed to form the guideway and the cam for actuating the pin directly in the stampings I5 and I6. As shown, each stamping is provided with an elongated groove 20 extending along and parallel to the right-hand longitudinal side edges of the stampings I5 and I6 as viewed in Fig. 2. The groove 20, which is stamped directly in each of the stampings l5 and I6, communicates with the circuitous groove 2| about island 22. Thus, as viewed in Fig. 2, grooves 20 and 2| in stamping |6 are pressed outwardly of the stamping |6 toward the reader whereas grooves 2|! and 2| in stamping I5 are pressed outwardly of stamping I5 away from the reader. The grooves 20 and 2| are stamped simultaneously and directly into stamping l5 and simultaneously and directly into stamping l6. Thus the stampings l5 and I6 with the stamped in grooves 2|] and 2| are symmetrical and form right and left mates which cooperate as a pair to form the lower lid support member 5. The stamped grooves 20 and 2| of each of the matched stampings I5 and I6 cooperate to form a guideway for the pin II. The pin II is held against rattling within the grooves 20, 2| by the plunger I3 and coil spring M which is held under load within the pin II by the plunger I3.

The operation of the lid is as follows: When the lid I is lowered, support member 4 is telesooped within support member 5 and the pin II is positioned adjacent the lower end of the groove 20 as shown in Figs. 2 and 3. When the lid is raised, member 4 slides outwardly of member 5 and the pin I I travels upwardly in the groove 20 and then into groove 2| where it is directed by cam surface 25 into notch 26 which arrests upward movement of member 4 and the lid. Upon slight lowering of the lid, pin strikes cam surface 21 which directs the pin into notch 28 in the island 22. In this position the lid is raised and latched.

To lower the lid, the lid is first raised slightly whereupon the pin l| strikes cam surface 29 which deflects it into notch 30 which arrests upward movement of the lid. The lid is then 10wered which causes the pin to travel downwardly to the left of the island 22 where it strikes cam surface 3| and is deflected to the right and back into groove 20, then downwardly to the position shown in Fig. 2 at which time the lid is completely closed.

The travel of the pin during the raising, latching, unlatching and lowering of the lid is indicated by the arrows in Fig. 6.

I claim:

1. A lid support comprising inner and outer telescoped members having their outer ends adapted to be pivotally secured to the lid and a support therefor, the outer of said telescopic lid members comprising a matched pair of symmetrical metal stampings provided With matched stamped grooves which cooperate to form a guideway, a pin slidably held in a transverse slot in the inner telescopic member and adapted to travel in the guideway formed by the said grooves as the lid is raised and lowered, and cooperating cam surfaces and stops formed in said matched symmetrical members along the said g'uideway arranged to coact with said pin whereby the lid can be automatically latched upon raising the same and automatically unlatched preparatory to lowering the same.

2. Avlid support comprising inner and outer telescoped members having their outer ends adapted for pivotal securement to lid and support members, the inner telescopic member-being" provided with a transverse slot near its inner end,

the outer telescopic member comprising apair of matched symmetrical members having a guideway stamped therein in the form of a continuous groove, and cooperating cam surfaces and stops formed in said matched symmetrical members along the said guideway, a pin slidably held in said transverse slot of the inner lid support member and adapted to travel in the said groove as the lid is raised and lowered whereby the said cam surfaces-and stops coact with the pin upon raising the lid to automatically latch the inner and outer lid supporting members in extended raised position and coact preparatory to lowering the lid to automatically unlatch the inher and outer lid supporting members to permit sliding of the inner member into the outer member during the "lowering of the lid.

GEORGE N. HARDEN. 

